Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 778 Cod. Sang. 782  Cod. Sang. 2135  604/890

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 781
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Sermones de sanctis et alia theologiae moralis opera
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 484 pp. · 21.5 x 14.5 cm · second quarter of the 14th century – first quarter of the 15th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
Sermons form the bulk of this moral-theological miscellany. It is written by multiple hands. The initials have not been added to the first, fragmentary text, written in a single column (pp. 2974). The next text, written in two columns, has the title De purificatione written in the top margin, and begins Sanctificavit tabernaculum suum [1 Par 22,1] Altissimus… (pp. 79a102b). The confessionary De septem viciis, with the incipit Superbia est tumor… (pp. 105120), is written in one column and illuminated elaborately with six black and red word trees with geometric patterns on the branches (pp. 107, 109, 111, 113, 115 und 120) as well as the ten commandments, circled, along with their contraries on p. 117. This is followed by the didactic poem on virtuous living, Modus vivendi secundum deum, written in a single column (pp. 121-124). There is then a letter from a Master Samuel to a Rabbi Ysaak, allegedly translated by a Spanish friar called Alfonsus Boni Hominis. The text is written in a single column on pp. 125-153. The Sermones de sanctis by the Cistercian Konrad von Brundelsheim (Soccus) that follow are written, frequently corrected and annotated, in an early gothic book cursive on pp. 173-389. The first initial is red, the others either were never added or in brown, some with strapwork inclusions on p. 218, 247 and 323. There is a tab on p. 219 and a manicule on p. 266. Michael of Massa’s Tractatus de passione Domini (Version Angeli pacis…) with allegorical introduction and dialogues (pp. 389-470) is the last text. The colophon of the last part dates the work’s completion to 8th March 1427 (p. 470). The shelfmark plate “T 17” on the wooden board binding with leather cover and a plaited endband corresponds to the records in the 1461 library catalogue of St. Gallen. It therefore suggests that this volume was likely compiled and bound in the mid-fifteenth century. The St. Gallen librarian Jodokus Metzler glued a table of contents onto the inside front pastedown. Pages 1-8, 17-24 and 169-172 contain only the ruling lines for a two-column commentary with extensive marginal gloss, but no text. Other pages are completely blank, without even a page layout: 916, 2528, 4954, 7578, 103104, 155168 and 471483. There is an entry made on p. 484. The leaf pp. 53-54 is loose. There was a loose, reused fragment with a hand drawn onto it between p. 180 and 181. (kun)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 260.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0781 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0781)
Permanent link:
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https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0781
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IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 781: Sermones de sanctis et alia theologiae moralis opera (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0781).
Online Since:
Online Since
09/06/2023
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
14th century, 15th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Penwork, Schematic, Text Block
With in situ fragment:
With in situ fragment
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